problem right now, other than the obvious homelessness, dirty streets, affordable housing and crime, and that's that nobody gets along. coalition creating in this government is extremely important. if we had a group of the high tech people, the low tech people, government, and the community sitting together so that we can tell them, they're so totally separated it's amazing. i've really learned about it in the last three months. they don't meet with each other, they don't talk to each other, enthuse must come into the same room. they've been extremely generous, the tech industry, but they've been extremely generous to what they want. they come into town, there's no infrastructure, from the sidewalks to the sheets to the sewers. there's no infrastructure. we need them to sit down at the same table and have them give us what we need to make the city viable again. we have to stop the division that are rampant throughout the

city. >> thank you. thank you. [applause]. >> so prior to starting my small business in san francisco. i worked in the video games industry, so i actually do come from tech, so it's not all tech is bad or anything like that because again, i did work for video game companies like konami of america. so as mayor of san francisco, i would encourage and personally work with technology companies like twitter, salesforce, and yelp. the community forums are held on a regular basis which includes long time san franciscans as well as transplants, so we all know firsthand what these technology companies are doing to financially contribute specifically to echo angela's -- you know, what she just said, to financially contribute and directly support our community. if everyone in san francisco feels included and informed and supported as a community, we'll all feel lez afraid, angry and more inspired to trust these

companies and their offerings that they bring to san francisco and the world. thanks. >> thank you. so one of the big issues in san francisco has to do with who gets to build where and what. housing, developing issues come before the planning commission over and over and over again, and there have been, you know, allegations of cronyism and things like that, but what kind of plans will you make to the planning commission, and how will you ensure that they make decisions in the residents' interest. >> great question. i have actually been to several different community hearings. specifically, i was at the balb balboa reservoir to see what was happening out there, and i was appalled. it looks like the builders are

wanting to do what's best for them and their bottom line. and this is problem, and i was alluding to this before. in my point of view we have to do whatever we can to ensure that we're not pushing out our families, our elderly, seniors or those that are disabled. and why is this? i city constantly proposals of the number of units are going to be build. we don't need to be looking at the number of units, we need to look at character, and i will ensur that we will build one, two or three bedroom apartment units, not simply what is the best for them. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so our zoning map is this map of what we believe builds a healthy city, so how much housing, office, manufacturing, hotel, parks, and in what neighborhoods. so this map should really be a reflection of what we believe a

balanced and healthy city looks like. so our planning commission plays a very important role in shaping the future of our san francisco neighborhoods. 80% of our commercial and residential development is happening in the district that i represent. so i spend quite a bit doing land use and housing work. so when looking to see who we can appoint to our commission, i want someone who unders otan our neighborhood, who spends time in the community, also understanding technical numbers on buildings, because developers will often say they can't afford to build more affordable housing or build open space and recreational centers, and it's important for people to understand the fact financing because we know developers make a tremendous amount of money for the city. we want to make sure they know the value of what they're creating in our community. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. >> whether we're talking about

the planning commission, the inspection commission or the police submissicommission, i we a play out of the play book on mayor moscone from the 80's, and mayor agnos, and you could make a recommendation to me oz to who should serve on my commission, to make sure that they are filled by neighborhood folks who have an expertise in the issue area that that commission serves. please tell me why at the department of building inspection, you need to pay an expediter to get the permit that they should be presenting to you because you live here in san francisco. these departments should be customer service, and they should be serving our needs, and that's what a commission should make sure happens. >> thank you.

thank you. [applause]. >> proposition i, when i first saw it, it states in part that san francisco has to oppose attempts by professional sports teams to walk in on public debt. we know the war yarz had the arena remodelled and they're bsh bsh warriors had the arena remodelled and they're staying here. >> we have the author of prop i here, and we were just talking about this. when i ran for mayor in 2013, i actually thought it was a -- 2015, i actually thought it was a terrible idea for mayor ed lee to say for his legacy, he wanted a sports arena.

we did not need a new sports arena in san francisco, and especially to take the warriors away from oakland at a time when there was so much pride, why is it that that was happening? that wasn't necessary. so if we're talking about having reparations for this, let's make sure that the warriors are actually working with oakland still to increase economic vitality for the people that were left behind. and i know that the a's are also trying to leave that area, as well. but it's so important for us to make sure that we're supporting economic opportunity. >> thank you. >> -- and not taking it away. >> thank you. [applause]. >> well, you're talking to the right person. i have been living in a city, i'm so busy as a government employee working full-time, and i don't have any other time, other than volunteer in the community. so i'm not, like, paying attention to sports. so my answer to this is

neutral. i'm not yes, i'm not no because i do need time to study the impact. but when there's a problem, i would go ask people who are impacted, who are nearby and who are working there and evaluate and have a town hall meeting and ask people for input, and then, we will do from there. i want to thank you for many of the opportunities. for many of the forums, i was not invited, and i was tonight, and i thank you for that. because i'm a female and i'm an immigrant and i'm a mom, and i grew up in church, there's a lot of things happening because people are doing things behind the scenes that you are not -- >> thank you. thank you. [applause]. >> amy, i'm not sure how long you've been here, but it's the san francisco warriors. yeah. i'm sorry.

i grew up with the san francisco warriors, and they took them away. so now we're bringing them back home where i think they should be. do i think that the stadium is a good idea? i'm not so sure because of all the traffic and everything else, but i'm delighted that they're coming home. i was also the legislator that did pac bell park because i think it's important to okeep our giants. i am a mom and a grandmother of five, and i think it's important that sports is involved. i think it's absolutely wonderful that we have the giants and having the warriors come home, and i'm so sorry that we lost the 49ers to santa clara. that is really painful. it was painful for this community, and no, i vote no on i. [applause]. >> thank you. >> so i'm going to -- >> sorry. michelle. my bad -- oh, wait a minute. i was right. prop i, that was it.

>> could you repeat the question so i'm clear. >> well, the question was do you support or oppose prop i, but we already had our three speakers. so we're actually now going to move to closing statements. it's that time already. >> it is. >> it is. so we're going to go in reverse order this time, and first, antoine, come on up. two minutes. >> yes, sir. thank you. i have an issue about the people -- first of all, i've been in san francisco all my life, for about 56 years, you want to say. i watched san francisco grow, a lot of construction work going on out here, and i watched the city grow. when i say grow, i mean, high-rises, just tremendously big, where -- to where every citizen in san francisco

supposed to own a home from three decades ago. no one owns a home. it seems like everyone's been pushed out. and if i'm mayor, i'm going to put a freeze on construction work until they hire citizens from san francisco. like i said, everyone, all my friends and family supposed to have a home. we've been here so long and this city has grown. so the first thing i would do is put a freeze on construction work, make sure they start hiring 50% of the residents. and this they don't hire, we won't build, simple as that. [applause]. >> ellen, two minutes. >> my name is ellen lee zhou. my website, ellenformayor.com.

when i'm elected as mayor, i'm an immigrant. when i'm elected as mayor, i will -- the first thing i do is give you the book of all department heads and how they take the money back and spend it on you. i know there's a lot of corruption in there because i work for the government, i represent the government and i know from the bottom to the top. and as the mayor, i will be setting a good example for all the san franciscans. i will kickback 50% of my mayor salary so i can make sure all neighborhoods are good for all 11 districts. i will hold the supervisors that are running for mayor accountable for their projects. you know, san franciscos with car break-ins, with everything in there, one person is not able to do a job. the homelessness problem not able to be solved unless we

have new housing policy and new homeless policy. when we treat the property owners fair, they will release the owners and give it to the people. when we treat the homeless with dignity, this is the special election. it's only good for a year and a half. i don't know why there is so many people they spend millions and millioned just while they are mayor. i will not do that. i am setting a good example how we live our life and honor our parents and the lord. treat us with respect and we will get things done. thank you. >> thank you very much. amy. >> whoever becomes mayor of san francisco must focus on

stablizing and healing our system, our neighborhoods, and our neighbors in crisis. as ellen said, there are some great ideas and capable people that are sitting up here, and we have an opportunity to work together to address these issues. currently in san francisco, like i said before, we spend $30 million a year to dpw and sfpd on a move along strategy that shuffles our homeless from block to block. as the founder of the st. francis homeless challenge, i focused on developing an actionable strategy to get 3,000 people into safe, organized spaces and out of crisis conditions for that same $30 million. there's a proposal to put more police officers on the streets. did you know that 200 new police officers has a price tag of $34 million? i am proposing that instead of 200 new police officers over the next 1.5 years, we put -- we take the sites -- 100 sites

with the highest 311 and 911 crime incidents, and we invest in unarmed programming at that site. we could put $300,000 persite and still have $4 million to administer the program, and this would be a databased approach. i ran into the director of the planning department today at euro king, and just had a great conversation talking about vacancy taxes, talking about how would we actually implement that. i have a plan to do that, but i don't just like a stick, i like a carrot, as well. so if we want to activate our empty units, we have to have tenant screening and support if they agree to rent at no more than 30% of income. please check out weissformayor.com and see the income tracker of over 40 deliverables that i can deliver

on over the next 1.5 years as mayor. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you again for this evening together, and let me say it is a real honor to be running with these other candidates here tonight. we are all trail blazers, we are all glass ceiling breakers, and that means a lot. i'm often asked what's the difference between me and the other candidates, and why should i be asking for your support? many of us have served on the county board of supervisors, as have i. i've also been a small business owner for 40 years which gives me a firsthand close up look at the challenges facing small businesses today, and we must keep our district -- our merchant districts safe and strong and thriving. i also had six years in the state assembly, eight years in the state senate where i was able to work in a bipartisan fashion in san francisco including bringing home $120 million to save community

college when it was in the depths of its accreditation crisis. also was able to bring home $500 million to expedite the construction of 3,300 affordable housing units in transbay, mission bay and hunters point shipyard. so the ability to bring people together is something we need in a mayor right now. we're facing serious challenges throughout this city. we don't need to be fighting ideaological battles. we need to be thoughtful in creating successful policy measures so that we can really address and solve the problems facing us today. i am so pleased to have the support of u.s. senator kamala harris and betty yee, fio fiona mah, as well as six of seven of members of the community college board of trustees. i have the support of the san francisco teachers, the

community college teachers, the national union of health care workers, the sierra club, the league of conservation voters. i'd be pleased to have your support. >> thank you very much. >> thank you [applause]. >> thank you so much all for joining us on aymond eveni mon. this is a really important election for the next five or six years in san francisco. we have the fastest growing kmem in the country, and we have a quickly shrinking middle class. in 1990, middle class made up 58% of our population, a huge and very diverse category of people. it has now shrunk down to a third as of 2012, and i'm sure even in the last five years, it has dropped even more than that. we are increasingly becoming a city of the rich, the

ultrarich, and the very, very poor, and we need to make sure the next decade, we need to build on, because we are losing our friends and neighbors here in san francisco, the city which we love. i've been fighting to build more low income housing so ensure we can keep our miding and low income class in san francisco. i fought to make community college free because i want to make sure -- there's no barriers to higher education here in san francisco because we know that expanded economic opportunities for all. i also currently have a measure on the ballot, proposition c to make early childhood education and child care affordable for every family in san francisco, and i hope you will vote for that. it is a tax on office landlords that make $1 million or more, yes on proposition c. i also want to double the number of street clean hers thhers -- cleaners in san francisco, and

double the number of bathrooms so that people have a place to go to the rest room with dignity and respect, and no one has to step over urine as they go to work or school. i'm pleased to have the support of the california nurses and sierra club, as well, i would be proud to earn your vote on june 5th. please check out my website, janekim.org. >> i want to thank everybody who came here today to listen to us. again my name is richy greenberg. you can find more information bl about my campaign and my information at richygreenberg.com. i i'm an endorsed gop candidate, and the lgbt landowners group. i have three core values that i'm going to bring to my candidacy and to bring to the

mayor's office: accountability, up lifting the quality of life, and returning a respectable amount of law and order, using these three principles, we can take care of any problem, any issue that we have here in this city. accountability is very, very important. and what i've learned over the past couple of months, joining my colleagues here and candidates, going around to different forums is that no one was talking about accountability until i started talking about it. it's very interesting and very strange, but this is important on so many levels. we have to ensure that anyone that we appoint, if i'm going to bring in to my administration, a department heads, commission heads, they're going to be accountable to me, and i'm going to be accountable with you. the buck stops with me, so i would appreciate your vote june 5th or beforehand for level

headed candidate richy greenberg. thanksz. >> thanks. michelle. >> thanks everyone for coming out, and i just want to remind each of you, you are unique, each of you. more precious than any technology, and i wish that mario woods could being here to hear these words because he was killed about a block and a half from where we live. this incident is what got me involved against speaking out against tazer weapons, okay? our cops need to be connected to our community. if they don't live here, they are not connected to our community, because they vote, they bring their kids to school, they do everything else wherever they live, which is not in san francisco. they don't care about san francisco values. this is why as san francisco mayor, i would mandate 60% or

more of first responders, cops, firefighters, emt's and other municipal workers to live in san francisco by 2015 for the purpose of -- 2025 for the purpose of better long-term infrastructure safety and service for all san franciscans. it's important that our first responders have connection to our community. this has not been happening, and as mayor, i would ensure that this occurs because really, we're all human beings. each of us have a body, and without a body, you can't be a human being anymore, and that's all i have to say tonight. thank you so much. [applause]. >> thank you. angela. >> thank you all so much for coming out tonight. please check out our website, aliotoformayor.com. there has been many, many discussions in these mayoral debates about accountability, and one of them that i always want to reity rate is we have

certain department heads in san francisco that i have literally named that i think need to step aside now, like mta, dpw, and park and rec. these are department directors -- you're not going to believe how much they make: over $400,000 while we have the sick and diing in the streets of our city, people are making as a director in the city and county of san francisco, more than $400,000. i find that to be unconscionable and they're not doing the job. how many streets have you seen being torn up over and over and over. i stopped and asked a worker, why are you tearing up the street again? i said because it's a sole source contract based on a sole source exemption? what, is the guy digging up the street a picasso? you know what it is? it's without a competitive bid. when you don't do that, you don't get the good job for the less price, and that's what all these contracts are.

in my opinion, it's unconscionable. dpw, could you please clean the streets. cleanup the streets and get rid of the needles. i was the legislator of the needle exchange legislation. the exchange has stopped, and people using needles on our streets cannot be acceptable in our city. i wrote the sanctuary laws. i banned cigarettes in restaurants. i did some incredible work while i was on the board of supervisors, and it wasn't me. it was me working with the community. the minority and women business laws, it's supposed to be 16%, it's 4%. thank you all so much for coming up. >> thank you. thank you. and thank you so much for our candidates for being here. we want to thank the asian american journalists association, the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods,

the national coalition for hunt better life women for san francisco, san francisco beautiful, san francisco district merchants' association, san francisco heritage, the mechanics institute, the vanness neighborhood corridor coalition, and the san francisco wholesale produce market, on behalf of myself, the neighborhood network, the league of women voters, and our thanks to the candidates for participating. remember, none of this matters unless you go out and vote. you can register to vote right there negain the back with the department of elections. you now have choices for june 5th. thank you very much. >> thanks so much for coming out again, district ten. >> thank you, bob butler, kcbs. thank you.

simons: it doesn't seem to matter how long any of us may have anticipated this, this time of cataclysmic climate chaos, escalating violence, and infrastructure collapse. after so many years of learning from brilliant bioneers colleagues how much of our civilization needed reinventing to avoid catastrophe, and recognizing the disastrous effects climate chaos would bring, and knowing that ecological, economic, political, and cultural systems would be stressed to the max, i have to